Some retailers are opening their doors at 4 a.m. the day after Thanksgiving for Black Friday sales.
Thanksgiving.
Is it a symptom of a diseased culture that retailers schedule sales less than 24 hours after people wake up to celebrate a holiday based entirely on giving thanks?
Has materialism completely subverted even this single day dedicated to gratefulness?
How do we expect people to express their gratitude when their minds are preoccupied with the stuff they'll be buying after waking up before sunrise?
Is anyone else frustrated by Black Friday? Does anyone else think scheduling the biggest shopping day of the year after a holiday intended for reflection and gratitude is ironic at best and sinister at worst?
Or am I just being paranoid?
Thanksgiving.
Is it a symptom of a diseased culture that retailers schedule sales less than 24 hours after people wake up to celebrate a holiday based entirely on giving thanks?
Has materialism completely subverted even this single day dedicated to gratefulness?
How do we expect people to express their gratitude when their minds are preoccupied with the stuff they'll be buying after waking up before sunrise?
Is anyone else frustrated by Black Friday? Does anyone else think scheduling the biggest shopping day of the year after a holiday intended for reflection and gratitude is ironic at best and sinister at worst?
Or am I just being paranoid?